The last movie of one unofficial trilogy set in the North-East of England, which likely Ken Loach is giving his farewell to feature films. In his last two movies, " I, Daniel Blake" and" Sorry we missed", Ken Loach and Paul Laverty (screenwriter) told us stories about our vulnerability as just humans in this world with great challenges ahead, much greater than us. Those stories have been told from the "inside "perspective of human beings born and raised in the North-East of England where, for different reasons, their nature as human beings is put under discussion.
But in his last movie, Loach assumes the perspective of an "outsider" of who has no other choice, rather to leave everything behind and find a new place to just live.
But as humans, we still did not manage to build a place everyone can call home, and feel just human. At the beginning of the movie, Loach shows us a reality which is reluctant to any change and improvement whether from the outside or the inside. The message is clear, like a black and white picture from Yara's (Ebla Mari) camera : the world will not change, there is nothing left worth fighting for.
But sometimes something small can be done. The world will not change, but some of us can. And then you will get to share your meal at the Old Oak with whoever decides to do so, and all the others can just turn down the invitation.
Together we eat Together we fight Thank you Ken.
But in his last movie, Loach assumes the perspective of an "outsider" of who has no other choice, rather to leave everything behind and find a new place to just live.
But as humans, we still did not manage to build a place everyone can call home, and feel just human. At the beginning of the movie, Loach shows us a reality which is reluctant to any change and improvement whether from the outside or the inside. The message is clear, like a black and white picture from Yara's (Ebla Mari) camera : the world will not change, there is nothing left worth fighting for.
But sometimes something small can be done. The world will not change, but some of us can. And then you will get to share your meal at the Old Oak with whoever decides to do so, and all the others can just turn down the invitation.
Together we eat Together we fight Thank you Ken.